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A great new, free tool is waiting for you to use: Super Tracker. This resource helps individuals make healthy lifestyle choices and improve their diet and exercise habits.

Want a great way to improve your overall health
and well- being? How about a way to manage your individual diet needs and
preferences? Want
to know what’s in a food you’re about to eat?

A
great new, free tool is waiting for you to use – it’s called SuperTracker. SuperTracker is a resource designed
to help people make healthy lifestyle choices and improve their diet. It can
help you get personalized nutrition and
physical activity plans, learn how to track your foods and physical activities
to see how they stack up, and get tips and support to help you make healthier
choices as it helps you plan ahead.

SuperTracker
compliments the United
States Department of Agriculture (USDA) “Choose My Plate” and
the activity-based program “Let’s
Move.” SuperTrackerempowers
you – the consumer – to build a healthier diet based on personal preferences
that meet nutrient needs and stay within your calorie allowance. Americans
eating styles vary greatly based on many factors including culture, lifestyle
preferences and health status. Features within Super Tracker allow flexibility to link and create unique
combinations to accommodate personal preferences. So let’s get started and take
a detailed look at this resource. Log in to SuperTracker to start
using this great tool.

First,
take a look at Food-a-pedia. This expansive database contains
nutrition information for more than 8,000 foods that can be compared
side-by-side. Every one of the food items in its database has been reviewed for
its nutritional content by the USDA.

Next,
learn how to track the foods you eat. Food Tracker can help you search and add foods to
view how your daily choices stack up to your food group targets and daily
limits. Make tracking and planning ahead simple by using the Copy Meals and
Create a Combo features.

Thirdly,
use the Activity Tracker,
which is great way to track your progress as you move. Keep that motivation and
great success rate in your activity plan. Now that you have a grasp on your
nutritional needs and important foods in your diet, along with exercise, the Weight Manager can
act as a guide to enter your weight and track progress over time.

To keep you motivated even more, the Super
Tracker directs you to choose up to five Personal
Goals and sign up for tips and support from your virtual coach. Finally,
use reports to see how you are meeting goals and view your trends over time. Consumers can measure progress with these comprehensive
reports ranging from a simple meal summary to in-depth analysis of food groups
and nutrient intake over time.

So now you can get started. Create your profile and keep on track to a
healthy lifestyle.

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